# US 8,543,086 B2 · System for schools managing SMS credits using mobile reverse charge technology

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- Number: US 8,543,086 B2
- Document ID: US8543086B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/502,738
- Filed: 2010-10-20
- Published: 2012-09-13
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2009-10-20
- Assignees: MGM Wireless Holdings Pty Ltd
- Applicants: Mark Fortunatow
- Inventors: Mark Fortunatow
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543086B2

## CPC

- H04W 4/24: Accounting or billing
- H04M 15/00: Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication {; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP}
- H04M 15/08: Metering calls to called party {, i.e. B-party charged for the communication}
- H04M 15/09: {Third party charged communications}
- H04M 15/82: {Criteria or parameters used for performing billing operations}
- H04M 15/8221: {Message based}
- H04M 2215/28: SMS billing
- H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A method of billing or charging a receiver for a mobile communication being message, that allows the receiver to receive messages as part of a service, the receiver being billed directly by the telecommunications carrier who then in turn aggregates a revenue share based on messages sent to receivers, who then in turn pay a percentage of the revenue share to the premium SMS aggregator. The receiver can be of a selected status, which is set to a pre-selected schedule and can receive messages without charge or with a charge. This enables the payment system to be simple and efficient.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of billing or charging a receiver for a mobile communication being a message, the method including the steps of:
a receiver electing to receive a message from a telecommunications carrier;
an at least one first party collating information on a subject, wherein the subject is a student, and constructing a message based on the collated information, the first party having a credit pool, and wherein the receiver is related to the subject;
determining a status of the credit pool of the first party;
determining a status of the receiver according to pre-set schedule;
adding or subtracting a credit to the credit pool in accordance to the status of the receiver
the first party forwarding the message to a premium Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator to aggregate messages;
the premium SMS aggregator submitting aggregated messages to a telecommunications carrier;
forwarding of the messages to the receiver by the telecommunications carriers network;
the telecommunications carrier registering a charge against the receiver of the messages in relation to a pre-set scale;
the receiver paying the charge direct to the telecommunications carrier;
the telecommunications carrier aggregates a revenue share based on messages sent to receivers; and
paying a percentage of the revenue share to the premium SMS aggregator.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the collated information is attendance data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the receiver elects to receive a message from a telecommunications carrier by pre-registering with an information provider.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the information provider compiles the collated information into a SMS message prior to forwarding to premium SMS aggregator.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the pre-set schedule is a database containing receivers details the receivers details including a charge discount, said discount being applied to registered charge.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the receiver's details include a charging status.